Around the Peninsula

Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2004

Healthy Communities meeting slated

The Healthy Communities-Healthy People steering committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. today at Bridges at 145 Kasilof St. in Soldotna. The group also is seeking new board members. For more information, call 260-3800.

CPCS board to meet

The Central Peninsula Counseling Services board of directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 506 Lake St. in Kenai. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 283-7501.

Members sought for drum group

The Midnight Sun Drummers and Singers, an all-woman drumming group, is seeking new members to join its drug- and alcohol-free group. It meets at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at Fort Kenay. For more information, call Angie at 283-8180 or Sophia at 283-6594.

KPC seeking representatives

Kenai Peninsula College is seeking individuals to serve on the KPC College Council. The council serves in a public advisory role for the college and seeks to have representation from all sectors of the peninsula.

Interested individuals are invited to attend the next council meeting scheduled at 7 p.m. today in room 117 at the KPC Kachemak Bay East Campus in Homer. For more information, call 262-0336.

Historical society to meet

The Kasilof Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. today at the McLane Center. The featured speaker will be Candace Ward of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Her topic will be "Wildlife During the Winter and Their Lives Under the Snow."

The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 262-2439.

Greco to speak at Solid Rock

Retired Col. Tom Greco will be the featured speaker at the Christian Women's Club of Kenai-Soldotna from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Solid Rock Conference Center. Greco will describe his time behind enemy lines and his experience in leading an air assault infantry battalion task force in Iraq during Desert Storm.

An outdoor fashion show, presented by Mike Sweeney, and music by Susan Lockwood also are planned.

All community members are invited to attend. The cost is $6. Free child care will be provided. For more information, call Carolyn at 262-4214 or Linda at 262-4996 or send an e-mail to carri@gci.net.

Blood bank schedules drive

The Blood Bank of Alaska-Kenai Peninsula will be at the Village Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Soldotna High School. For more information, call 260-5672.

Association to discuss harvest proposals

The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association board of directors will hold a special meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at its headquarters at 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road. The topic of discussion will be the Resurrection Bay Cost Recovery Harvest Proposals. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call 283-7027.

Fish and game advisory group to meet

The Cooper Landing Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p.m. March 18 at the Ambulance Hall. The topic of discussion will be the Cook Inlet and federal subsistence fisheries proposals. For more information, call Bill Stockwell at (907) 595-1540.